Nida draws a diagram with insects, birds, and mice. She shows the mice eating grass; hawks, snakes, and toads eating the insects; and foxes, hawks, and snakes eating the birds and mice. The snakes are also eating the toads. Which best describes the diagram?

The diagram includes many organisms with several feeding relationships: mice eat grass, and predators such as hawks and snakes eat multiple kinds of animals. A food web shows these interconnected feeding relationships. A food chain would show just one path of energy flow, so the best description is a food web.

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